Doctor as a given name

[LizzieL]

There's a Doctor Septimus W Howson born in 1876 in Blackburn, so looks like that one would be a 7th son. 

[ValJJJ]

Septimus also meaning 7th. Perhaps Doctor Septimus means 7th of the 7th?

[LizzieL]

So far only 5 earlier brothers, but one may have died between censuses

added
got all 6 now - two Fredericks, presumably firs tone died.

[Annie65115]

I see that Doctor Who (?) got married in Lewisham in 1994!

I can't see any birth by that name so I wonder if this person had changed their name by deed poll!

[LizzieL]

I see that Doctor Who (?) got married in Lewisham in 1994!

I can't see any birth by that name so I wonder if this person had changed their name by deed poll!

I haven't seen birth records for Gallifrey on line yet

[J.J.]

Now listening to Seventh Son of a Seventh Son by Iron Maiden 

  Ha, good one, mrcakey!
  Wonder if these counted...as I just looked for Docter "misspells" on FreeBmd and got 79 results...

*added:  ValJJJ! Looking at the same day for marriage there's also a reference to David Robertson who is also the Dr. Who, above? Others on page as well:
Freeman...  Agyemang...and other repeated names including real names for some duplications.

[ValJJJ]

Lots of Doctor surnames too on FreeBMD.

This is putting a new light on 'his father was a doctor'.    Perhaps 'his father was a Doctor'?

[Andrew Tarr]

So far only 5 earlier brothers, but one may have died between censuses. 

In my wife's tree there is a 19th-century Robinson family with 7 brothers AND 7 sisters.  Don't know whether the father was a seventh son (don't think so) but a few of the later births were from a second wife.

[ValJJJ]

Any Doctors? Or were they not Lancashire people?  Second wife's children might not have counted? Literally.